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burn (obj) BE ON FIREHbV:n, $bV:rnvpast burnt HbF:nt, $bF:rnt or burnedto be on fire or produce flames燃烧A fire was burning brightly in the fireplace. [I]壁炉里火烧得正旺。Helplessly we watched our house burning. [I]我们无能为力地看着房子燃烧。The wood was wet and would not burn. [I]木头湿了，烧不着。This heater will burn both gas and oil (= use them as fuel). [T]这个火炉可以烧煤气和煤油。(infml) My old car really burns (up) fuel (= uses a lot of it). [T / M]我的旧车实在费油。(fig.) I saw a light burning in her window (= there was a light there). [I]我看到她窗口有灯光。(fig.) Running is an excellent way to burn off (= get rid of) excess energy. [M]跑步是去除多余能量的极好方法。(fig.) Mary was burning to (= wanting very much to) tell us her news. [+ to infinitive]玛丽迫不及待地要将她的消息告诉我们。(fig.) "You're burning (up) (= You have a high fever)!" she said, touching his forehead. [I]“你正发高烧！”她摸着他的前额说。Meteorites often burn up (= are destroyed by fire) in the atmosphere before they reach the earth. [I]流星通常在到达地球之前在大气层里烧毁。(fig.) He was burnt up with (= feeling continuous and painful) jealousy and suspicion. [I]嫉妒和怀疑使他怒火中烧。(fig.) His face burned with (= felt very hot because of ) embarrassment / shame / anger. [I]他因窘迫 / 羞耻 / 愤怒而感到脸上发烫。(fig.) They were both burning with (= feeling very strong) desire / passion.[I]他俩欲火中烧/情感炽烈。To burn the candle at both ends is to work from early in the morning until late at night and so get very little rest.劳累过度Fine, so you've got a lot of work to do, but if you keep burning the candle at both ends you'll make yourself ill.好吧，你有许多工作要做，但如果劳累过度的话，会生病的。When you burn the midnight oil you work late into the night.工作到深夜He's been burning the midnight oil over the last few weeks because he's been trying to finish writing up his project work.前几个星期他一直工作到深夜，因为他正努力完成他的设计工作。"To burn always with this hard, gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life" (Walter Pater in Studies in the History of the Renaissance, 1893)“随着坚定的、宝石般的火焰燃烧，让这狂喜持续，对于生命来说，这便是成功。”（沃尔特·帕特，《文艺复兴历史的研究》）
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